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- 3. Software Pricing Partners, LLC. Proprietary & Confidential
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Software Pricing Partners is the
category creator & leader in
pricing for software companies
around the world.
We make it easy for you to make more
money. We do this by creating the
right monetization strategy, analyzing
pricing performance, optimizing prices
& simplifying the buying experience so
you can close more business.
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Category creator (1982)
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1987 CONCURRENT USER LICENSE
INNOVATIONS
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Category creator (1982)
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1987 CONCURRENT USER LICENSE
1989 FAIR USE POLICIES
INNOVATIONS
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Category creator (1982)
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1987 CONCURRENT USER LICENSE
1989 FAIR USE POLICIES
INNOVATIONS
1990 SUBSCRIPTION BILLING FOR ON-PREM
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Category creator (1982)
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1987 CONCURRENT USER LICENSE
1989 FAIR USE POLICIES
1992 “USAGE-BASED” PRICING
INNOVATIONS
1990 SUBSCRIPTION BILLING FOR ON-PREM
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Category creator (1982)
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1987 CONCURRENT USER LICENSE
1989 FAIR USE POLICIES
1992 “USAGE-BASED” PRICING
INNOVATIONS
2018 LEVELSETTER SAAS PLATFORM
1990 SUBSCRIPTION BILLING FOR ON-PREM
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Monetization is the most important
dial under your control that can
produce lasting business
performance gains.
Mastering it puts you in control of
the economics of your company,
and therefore in control of its
valuation and its destiny.
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System Design
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• You build a great product
• You gain some traction
• You go get investment capital
• You grow your business
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William Halsted
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“We have limited experience with respect to
determining the optimal prices for our
products…”
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“We do not know whether our current or potential
customers will accept these [new] packages or
the impact these packages will have on our
existing usage-based pricing model.”
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Put another way: We have no idea what
the @&#! we are doing with our pricing.
(But you should copy it anyhow)
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• List prices vaporize in discounts.
• Net prices erode over time.
• Pricing power disappears.
• Price setting as an event happens rarely.
• Buyers will game the system.
• You’ll copy your competitors.
• (And you’ll build more product).
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It’s only until you achieve pricing
consistency and uniformity…
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It’s only until you achieve pricing
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that you can be paid
fairly for your value.
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Almost all of our deals now come in
within a few points of our calculated
net prices…Just look at the revenue
preservation! It’s remarkable.”
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Almost all of our deals now come in
within a few points of our calculated
net prices…Just look at the revenue
preservation! It’s remarkable.”
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-Walker White, former President BDNA
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“Market fairness became a mantra for my
sales teams. Sellers and buyers trusted
each other highly—we even eliminated
salesperson commissions.”
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“Market fairness became a mantra for my
sales teams. Sellers and buyers trusted
each other highly—we even eliminated
salesperson commissions.”
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-Jeff Adams, former CRO BambooHR
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• Pricing is a process, not an event. Iterate.
• Never ever misrepresent to get market intelligence.
• Explain your pricing philosophy to customers.
• Your approach should produce a scheduled net price for everything you sell.
• Hold everyone accountable to land deals at (or close to) that scheduled net.
• Always be raising net prices.
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